Quick Sip: Rockhouse Vineyards 2008 Meritage
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Outside of wines from the well-known and popular Biltmore Estate Winery, it’s rare for me to get any North Carolina grown juice in my glass. North Carolina is home to more than 100 wineries, all mainly small family-owned operations ...
Taste-Live: #PinkOut 2012
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Like most real men, I wear a beard, work from 9 to 5 (Go Dolly!), drive a 4x4 SUV, own an IPad, watch reruns of Gunsmoke (America's favorite western television series), and drink pink early and often. As a matter of fact, I keep a goo...
DrinkLocalWine Colorado: Stone Cottage Cellars
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During my visit to Colorado’s Western Slope, where the lion’s share of the state’s vineyards are located, I had an opportunity to visit a few small family-owned and operated vineyard and farm wineries. The first winery I dropped...
Today at 4PM PST: L’Ecole No 41 Estate Perigee
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L’Ecole No 41, as many of you are well familiar with, is a family-owned winery located in Washington State. The tasting room is housed in a much talked about early 1900’s schoolhouse that I hope to visit one day soon. From what I...
DrinkLocalWine Colorado: The Pre-Tour Day 1
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For much of last week I was in the beautiful state of Colorado having a wonderful time supporting and participating in the 4th annual DrinkLocalWine.com conference. What was a successful event in Virginia two years ago, shined the spotl...
Quick Sip: Domaine François Villard 2008 Condrieu
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When you look at the number of wine regions and states within the US that produce Viognier, it’s hard to believe that by the mid 1980’s there were less than 100 acres of the exquisite northern Rhone variety planted in the world ...
Quick Sip: Anemoi 2009 Boreas (Colorado)
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Today's 'Quick Sip' is a tasty red blend from Colorado. Like Virginia, Texas, Arizona , etc. -- Colorado is an up-and-coming wine region that falls under the radar of a large percentage of US wine drinkers, wine critics, and popular wi...
Quick Sip: Martin & Weyrich 2010 Moscato Allegro
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First it was sweet red wine, then chocolate wine (go figure), and now, Moscato seems to be one of the new hot topics in wine today. Moscato’s rise in popularity is largely fueled by hip-hop culture and millennials. Also known as Gen...
Quick Sip: Joseph Jewell 2009 Floodgate Pinot Noir
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I recently had an opportunity to taste the Joseph Jewell 2009 Floodgate Vineyard [ Russian River Valley ] Pinot Noir during another fun and informative Cellars of Sonoma TV Tuesday Live streaming broadcast. Joseph Jewell, started by tw...
April 4th #winechat: Calling All Locapours!
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This Wednesday, April 4th, at 9PM EST, Todd Godbout of WineCompass wine blog, Eileen Gross of WineEveryday wine blog, and I are hosting a Twitter discussion about #localwine / #drinklocal on Marie Payton’s (writer for The Life of Vi...
Quick Sip: Gann Family Cellars 2006 Petite Sirah
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Petite Sirah is often times deeply colored, spicy, peppery, and assertive. Yet, most of the time it’s a grape variety that’s underappreciated. Petite Sirah is also the source of confusion for some. First off, the name can be misl...
Quick Sip: DuNah Estate Vineyard 2008 Pinot Noir
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Just about every Tuesday at 9PM EST, you’ll find me tuned into Cellars of Sonoma TV Tuesday Live. Proprietor and host Kevin Jordan showcases a number of small family-owned and operated boutique wine producers throughout Sonoma County...
